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False Herring

Harengula clupeola

Classification

Family
Clupeidae

Harenngula clupeola, the false herring, or false pilchard', is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Dorosomatidae, the gizzard shads and sardinellas. The false herring is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from eastern Florida and the Bahamas through the Gulf of Mexico south to Santa Catarina in Brazil. Taxonomy Harengula clupeola was first formally described as Clupea clupeola in 1829 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with its type locality given as Martinique.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 114Mexico · 13United States of America · 10